The Clusterstock 50: The 50 Most Valuable Players On Wall Street

Top priority on Wall Street is adding quantifiable value to your employer.

The most important contribution financiers bring to their firm is revenue. But value is also added by good management and presenting a positive image to the public.

So in judging Wall Street's Most Valuable Players, we looked at the people on Wall Street who bring the most total value to their firm in those three areas: revenue, good management, and positive press coverage.

The decision process

First we asked you, our readers, to nominate the financiers who matter the most at their firm. From a list of over 150 players in private equity, asset management, and investment banking, we then narrowed the list down to 100 and asked you to rank each of them on a scale from (1) "empty suit" to (5) "extremely valuable."

A clear winner emerged, and so did the 50 most valuable players on Wall Street. Their firms would be lost without them. Without further ado, we proudly present the 50 MVPs on Wall Street.